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Laboratory Corp of America Holdings – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/18 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 10/30/18, at 2:04pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/18   ·   Accession #:  920148-18-130   ·   File #:  1-11353

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

10/30/18  Lab Corp of America Holdings      10-Q        9/30/18   71:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    802K 
 2: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     49K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     46K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    124K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     23K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     95K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     59K 
                Earnings (Unaudited)                                             
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     56K 
                Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    148K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R8          Basis of Financial Statement Presentation           HTML    173K 
20: R9          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     87K 
21: R10         Restructuring and Other Special Charges             HTML     60K 
22: R11         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     93K 
23: R12         Debt                                                HTML     78K 
24: R13         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     84K 
25: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     32K 
26: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     70K 
27: R16         Pension and Postretirement Plans                    HTML    138K 
28: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     78K 
29: R18         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     36K 
30: R19         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     48K 
31: R20         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     82K 
32: R21         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION Business Segment       HTML     71K 
                information (Notes)                                              
33: R22         BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION Restated  HTML    144K 
                Financial Statements (Tables)                                    
34: R23         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     89K 
35: R24         RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER SPECIAL CHARGES             HTML     53K 
                Restructuring and Other Special Charges Detail                   
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R25         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     93K 
37: R26         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     73K 
38: R27         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     48K 
39: R28         BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS Business Acquisitions Tables  HTML     81K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML     70K 
41: R30         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    519K 
42: R31         Basis of Financial Statement Presentation           HTML    252K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R32         Earnings Per Share (Reconciliation of Basic         HTML     55K 
                Earnings Per Share to Diluted Earnings Per Share)                
                (Details)                                                        
44: R33         Earnings Per Share (Potential common shares not     HTML     23K 
                included in computation of diluted earnings per                  
                share) (Details)                                                 
45: R34         Restructuring and Other Special Charges (Details)   HTML     92K 
46: R35         Restructuring Reserves (Details)                    HTML     64K 
47: R36         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Changes in          HTML     73K 
                Carrying Amount of Goodwill) (Details)                           
48: R37         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Components of       HTML     45K 
                identifiable intangible assets) (Details)                        
49: R38         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     51K 
50: R39         Debt (Short-term borrowings and current portion of  HTML     49K 
                long-term debt) (Table) (Details)                                
51: R40         Debt (Long-term debt) (Details)                     HTML    108K 
52: R41         Debt (Senior Notes) (Details)                       HTML     99K 
53: R42         Debt (Convertible Subordinated Notes) (Details)     HTML     43K 
54: R43         Debt (Credit Facilities) (Details)                  HTML    100K 
55: R44         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     87K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R45         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     74K 
                PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY -                
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Details)               
57: R46         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     28K 
58: R47         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     26K 
59: R48         Pension and Postretirement Plans (Details)          HTML    313K 
60: R49         Pension and Postretirement Plans Defined            HTML     39K 
                Contribution Plans (Details)                                     
61: R50         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     49K 
62: R51         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R52         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     41K 
64: R53         Business Acquisitions (Details)                     HTML    129K 
65: R54         Business Acquisitions Business Acquisitions in the  HTML     41K 
                Aggregate (Details)                                              
66: R55         Business Acquisitions Dispositions (Details)        HTML     98K 
67: R56         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION Business Segment       HTML     62K 
                Information (Details)                                            
68: R57         REVENUE Disaggregated Revenue Table (Details)       HTML    143K 
70: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    128K 
69: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    102K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- lh-20180930                         XML   3.72M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- lh-20180930_cal                 XML    194K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- lh-20180930_def                  XML   1.12M 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lh-20180930_lab                       XML   1.94M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lh-20180930_pre                XML   1.39M 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- lh-20180930                           XSD    197K 
71: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000920148-18-000130-xbrl      Zip    323K 


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